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unusual facts about Playa


Francisco Centelles

Juan Francisco Centelles Aizpurúa (born January 26, 1961 in Playa, Ciudad de la Habana) is a retired male high jumper from Cuba.


2014 South American Beach Games

The 2014 South American Beach Games (Spanish:Juegos Suramericanos de Playa), officially the III South American Beach Games, will be an international multi-sport event being held in Vargas, Venezuela.

Blame It On the Game

Blame It On the Game is the second studio album by American former rapper Passion released on March 23, 1999 through Select-O-Hits and her own label, Yo Playa Patna Records.

Bobby Bones

His acting debut was a role in the 2008, American independently produced film The Legend of God's Gun in which he played a gun-slinging preacher returning to the debaucherous town of Playa Diablo seeking revenge from the notorious scorpion-venom drinking bandito El Sobero.

Diamonds International

Diamonds International was founded in 1986 on the island of St Thomas and currently operates 129 stores in Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Costa Maya, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Juneau, Ketchikan, Key West, Mazatlán, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose Del Cabo, Skagway, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Turks & Caicos.

Gladys del Pilar

After the victory in the Melodifestivalen, Afro-dite appeared again in the contest, in 2003 with the song Aqua Playa.

Holguín Province

Tourism has only recently begun to be developed, offering beach resorts in the outskirts of the region, with a number of hotels around the Guardalavaca area, Playa Pesquero, and Cayo Saetia.

Hypnotize Minds

Playa Fly (1994-1995) - Playa Fly was kicked off the label due to apparent drug issues, at the time he performed under the alias "Lil' Fly" and collaborated multiple times with Three 6 Mafia during their earlier days.

James Milner Phillips

In early 1962 Phillips made a reconnaissance trip to Lake Eyre, South Australia and had been warned by a local sheep station owner that heavy rains were expected the following year following the twenty years of drought that had made the playa so suitable as a driving surface.

Jerome Utley

From 1931 to approximately 1948, he had an ownership interest in the Hotel Playa Ensenada, later renamed the Hotel Riviera del Pacífico, a luxury hotel in Baja California, Mexico.

In his later years, Utley was best known for his role as the owner of the Hotel Playa Ensenada, later renamed the Hotel Riviera del Pacífico.

Just Gettin' It On

Just Gettin' It On is the rerelease of Playa Fly's 1995 independent album, Triple Bitch Mafia, which was an entire diss album to his former group, Three 6 Mafia.

Las Bocas, Sonora

Playa Sur has its main boulevard paved as it is part of the Carretera Costera Riviera Mayo (Mayo Riviera Coastal Road).

Nathalia Alfaro

Playing in Puerto Vallarta with Ingrid Morales, the won the 2008 Torneo Internacional de Voleibol de Playa de Puerto Vallarta.

National Revolutionary Militias

On 17 April 1961, together with the combatants of the Rebel Army and the National Revolutionary Police, the militias confronted and defeated in less than 72 hours 1,500 mercenaries whom the United States financed, armed and trained to invade Cuba at Playa Girón (Giron beach), in what became known as the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

Néstor Almendros

But after two of his shorts (Gente en la playa and La tumba francesa) were banned, he moved to Paris.

Nevada State Route 447

Just past where the official designation ends is the turn off for former State Route 34, which is used to access the large playa of the Black Rock Desert and the site of the annual Burning Man Festival.

Playa Cardz Right

"Playa Cardz Right" is a song by R&B singer Keyshia Cole released as the lead single from her third album A Different Me.

Playa de los Muertos

Therefore, the similarity would suggest that both Aztec and Playa de los Muertos societies were very conservative in the expression of the genders and life stages.

Playa del Rey, Los Angeles

In the 1870s, Playa Del Rey was the location of the first attempt at a dredged harbor in Santa Monica Bay.

Playa Grande

Las Baulas National Marine Park, a Costa Rican national park also known as "Playa Grande Marine Turtle National Park"

Playa Grande, Guatemala

Playa Grande ("Big beach") is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ixcán in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

Playa Kanoa

Playa Kanoa is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located to the north of Willemstad.

Playa Porto Marie

Playa Porto Marie is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located near the village of Sint Willibrordus, at the Porto Marie Bay.

Playa Puerto Cruz

Playa Puerto Cruz is a roughly 1 km long beach located near Pedro Gonzalez in Isla Margarita, Venezuela.

Playa Vista, Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Public Library operates the new Playa Vista Branch Library with a community meeting room.

Punta Ballena

The name "Playa Portezuelo", is sometimes given to describe all the long streach of the beach up to Punta Negra.

Punta Ballena borders the resort Chihuahua to the west, it includes the Casapueblo citadel, the promontory of Punta Ballena, and the beach Playa Las Grutas to the east of it.

Raven Sorvino

Raven's 2012 summer release Playa del Rey, with appearances by Terrace Martin, Casey Veggies, Problem, Bad Lucc and production from TDE’s Willie B, Ro.

Renz Julian

Formerly known as Playa Renz, the Bay Area native originates from the cities of Oakland, Antioch, and San Jose, California.

Swing Mob

The artists on Swing Mob included: Missy Elliott with the group Sista, Timbaland, Magoo, Ginuwine, Playa, Darryl Pearson, Eric "Nealante" Phillips, Tweet with the group Sugah, Majik, Jimmy Douglass, Stevie J., Maija Max, Bazaar Royale and Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliot are all artists discovered by DeVante Swing.

Time in Venezuela

UTC−4:30 was formerly the official time zone in Venezuela from 1912 to 1965, when the government changed it in order to adopt meridian 60° (UTC−4), which passes through Punta de Playa, Delta Amacuro State.

Torneo Tenis Playa

In 2006, the Torneo Tenis Playa is declared as tourist interest activity and it is broadcast on TV by Asturian TPA.

Working for Vacation

B-side "Vamos a la Playa" was later included on the 2007 compilation Pom Pom: The Essential Cibo Matto.


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